SDCowboy
Member
I'll never understand how at least Knack, Killzone 3, and the Order haven't been offered for ps+ in NA/EU yet. I mean seriously, where the hell are the AAA titles?
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Asia PS+ monthly PS4 lineup is insane
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I'll never understand how at least Knack, Killzone 3, and the Order haven't been offered for ps+ in NA/EU yet. I mean seriously, where the hell are the AAA titles?
Dr.Tentacle
Member
I'm pretty sure since I've already tried to add Japanese credit card & Paypal Japan on PSN before.
forknknife
Banned
Wow, it's been a long time seeing that meme
Because the state of the console market is a lot different here than in China. Sony is trying to build a foundation there that has existed in NA/EU for decades.
Nightengale
Member
Yes. PS+ for Asia is a bit slower to update than US/EU, by about 24-48 hours.
This is the hilarious part especially since Plus is cheaper here and if you sub at the correct month, you get infamous or bloodborne for free too.
Nightengale
Member
Damn, I thought I could do a step-by-step guide with Paypal, but I didn't know there is region lock there too damn you sonnnnnnyyyyyyy.
In that case...
http://www.play-asia.com/digital_codes/playstation_network/14/711z3
It's actually frustrating lol, because I already got inFamous, Order, FFXV, Titanfall 2 and Bloodborne already.
I legitimately would had topped up a 12 month sub if they put Knack on it.
But the current 33% discount deal is good too.
Just to point out again, since this is a common misconception, the list of PS+ games and offers only applies to South East Asia and Hong Kong. It has nothing to do with China or Japan. The games they are getting are completely different, e.g. China is getting only LBP3 and Tearaway for March, only 2 games.
Playstation existed here in South East Asia for many years and they've been treating us like a joke, they finally woke up I guess.
Nightengale
Member
Yeah, for those who wants to set-up an account for these deals, I'd recommend Singapore or Malaysia.
LiveFromKyoto
Member
Unless it's radically different from Japan, that seems super optimistic. Xbox One's sales are 0.02% of PS4's there. (65k to 2.65 million).
ChoppedandScrewed
Member
This is exactly why, as a PS4 owner, I always root for Microsoft to stay in the game. If Sony becomes the only console doing multi-platform games then their customers should lube their asses and get ready, because we've already seen how the quality of PS+ shot down as soon as it became mandatory.
Isn't PayPal region restricted on PSN though?
GifGafIsTheBestGaf
Member
so that's were all the games went, huh?
huehuehue
huehuehue
Nightengale
Member
I didn't know that at first. I also just learned.
Alternatively would be to buy digital codes of Asia PSN.
http://www.play-asia.com/digital_codes/playstation_network/14/711z3
Yep, I know this because I used to consider changing my PS+ to US for years until recently.
But I'm still an active user of US account for all of the missing games in Asia store, especially for the VR category, we barely have any games.
batman2million
Member
Nightengale
Member
Unlikely.
The hilarity is that Asia gets the games that US gets ( but we don't ) eventually. But US hasn't gotten the stuff that Asia's got.
Like, we recently got Invisible Inc and Stories: Path of Destiny as an additional free game on top of the regular Plus rotation since US/EU already got those earlier.
Nightengale
Member
Yeah, PSN Asia sucks in terms of day-and-date publishing of indie games. We get them super late for some reason, or maybe even never.
WHERE IS INSIDE, WITNESS, VOLUME & MANY OTHER INDIE GAMES SONNNNNNYYYYYYYYYYY!?
friskykillface
Banned
#FreeKnack
Not even in the godly Asia is Knack free
Not even in the godly Asia is Knack free
secretanchitman
Member
When Sony is dominating, they don't have much incentive to put out amazing games every month on PS+. That being said, is the PS4 not dominant in these areas, because those deals sound really good.
Nightengale
Member
PS4 is super-dominant in these areas.
Anecdotally, it looks something like this.
PlayStation >>>>> Nintendo >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Xbox
cripterion
Member
This is... wow.. dunno what to say.
This plus the fact that my US psn isn't really paying off anymore cause of the low Euro.
tioslash
Member
Nightengale
Member
1. It's real.
2. We don't know the reason why it's different. There are pros & cons. For example, the discount and game deals Asia PSN gets pales in comparison to US/EU deals.
3. Not true. Asia PS+ in general, gets the same big games that US/EU PS+ offers. What we don't get are digital indie games,because for some reason, publishing them in Asia PSN takes a heck of longer time than US/EU.
PS4 outsold Xbox One much much harder compared to US and EU, in my area Xbox One S bundle costs higher than PS4 Pro.
SEA is basically Sonyland because Microsoft don't officially support these region (only Singapore). I would love to get myself Scorpio, but if the price is anything like X1S, it might costs 2 times higher than PS4 Pro because local game store has to import the console since it's not officially supported.
I cancelled mine. Realized I was paying too much too little. Rarely play online, cloud saves are nice but not really required. As much as I like the PS4, the PS+ service is poor value and I'm better off using that $60 for a game.
Nightengale
Member
You've got two days to make up your mind if you all want to get a good price for PS+ Asia.
By default it's already quite a bit cheaper than US/EU PS+, so this just makes it even cheaper.
By default it's already quite a bit cheaper than US/EU PS+, so this just makes it even cheaper.
Yep, this year ps+ games line have been pretty good. We also get freebies like app for FFXV OST ps+ edition, Hatsune Miku concerts and the likes. It's limited viewing but still nice. I don't play online games at all but subscribed anyway for all these, totally worth it.
In other hand we don't get much psn sale over here. Overall games and console prices are higher as well. I felt salty when I heard people can buy their PS4 for $250-300 when I have to bought my Slim for more than $400, Pro goes up to $650 when it was newly released, crazy. Also in my country Sony customer support is almost non existent. You can't have everything, I suppose.
In other hand we don't get much psn sale over here. Overall games and console prices are higher as well. I felt salty when I heard people can buy their PS4 for $250-300 when I have to bought my Slim for more than $400, Pro goes up to $650 when it was newly released, crazy. Also in my country Sony customer support is almost non existent. You can't have everything, I suppose.
UpUpDownDown
Member
Hilarious if all of NA suddenly shifted their subs over lol.
Clearly better than the west, but I still don't know about PS+ as a service, I'm not a multiplayer gamer so the lineup of games is important to me. It'd be way better if I got to keep the games rather than a long term rental. For me, I have a huge backlog so that would always come first over games in the Ps+ library.
psynergylover
Member
Now I'm salty!!!!
Nightengale
Member
Their quality sucks, but I do enjoy the regular Toro themes.
texhnolyze
Banned
And yet I'm still not subbed lol.
I feel those games will only end up in my backlog anyway.
I feel those games will only end up in my backlog anyway.
So I could buy one year of Plus @35 (!) with a Taiwanese account and still go online with my main french account?
Nightengale
Member
I believe so. I haven't tried it myself, but I recall it being mentioned before that PS+ extends locally to all users on a local console
Holy shit blast from the past.
Nightengale
Member
I wouldn't recommend it if the price increased, but honestly the price is low enough with the 30% discount that even if it sucks from this day till the next day, it'll still be a decent get for Life is Strange.
Would had been better to jump in a few months earlier to get the salvo of Until Dawn, GoW3, etc all at once, but hey, what can I say?
Lol yeah that too. Seeing Toro and friends in my background heals my heart.
Fuck. This is ridiculous. The irony of it all is that I live in Asia and I've been using an NA PS+ account. Jesus...
I've got an HK PSN account, though, but would my PS+ privileges (cloud storage whatever, online multiplayer, etc.) be available with the NA account so long as both accounts are on my PS4?
I've got an HK PSN account, though, but would my PS+ privileges (cloud storage whatever, online multiplayer, etc.) be available with the NA account so long as both accounts are on my PS4?